x86_64 Linux kernel failed to build with the binutils in CVS

[H. J. Lu]

I got

[hjl@gnu-9 linux-2.6.9]$ ld -m elf_x86_64 -e stext -o .tmp_vmlinux1 -T
arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds arch/x86_64/kernel/head.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.o arch/x86_64/kernel/init_task.o
init/built-in.o --start-group  usr/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/built-in.o  arch/x86_64/mm/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/ia32/built-in.o  kernel/built-in.o  mm/built-in.o
fs/built-in.o  ipc/built-in.o  security/built-in.o  crypto/built-in.o
lib/lib.a  arch/x86_64/lib/lib.a  lib/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/lib/built-in.o  drivers/built-in.o  sound/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/pci/built-in.o  net/built-in.o --end-group
arch/x86_64/kernel/head.o: In function `reach_long64':
arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S:(.text+0x10e): relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `cpu_gdt_descr' defined in .data section in
arch/x86_64/kernel/head.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S:(.text+0x11a): relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `empty_zero_page' defined in .text section
in arch/x86_64/kernel/head.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.o: In function `clear_bss':
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:26: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `__bss_end' defined in *ABS* section in
<none>
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.o: In function `x86_64_start_kernel':
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:26: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `__bss_start' defined in *ABS* section in
<none>
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:26: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `__bss_start' defined in *ABS* section in
<none>
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.o: In function `copy_bootdata':
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:45: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `x86_boot_params' defined in .init.data
section in arch/x86_64/kernel/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:49: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1'
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:53: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1'
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:56: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `saved_command_line' defined in .bss section
in init/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:57: relocation truncated to fit:
R_X86_64_32 against symbol `saved_command_line' defined in .bss section
in init/built-in.o
arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c:57: additional relocation overflows omitted
from the output

It may have something to do with

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-03/msg00925.html

I am investigating now.


H.J.